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23rd International CODATA Conference
Alex Ball reports on a conference on ‘Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet’ held by the International Council for Science’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 28–31 October 2012.
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A DRY CRIG Event for the IE Demonstrator
Paul Walk reports on an 'unconference' for developers working in and around the JISC Information Environment and institutional systems, hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath in June 2008. -
Open Repositories 2008
Mahendra Mahey reports on the third international Open Repositories 2008 Conference, held at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton in April 2008. -
Persistent Identifiers: Considering the Options
Emma Tonkin looks at the current landscape of persistent identifiers, describes several current services, and examines the theoretical background behind their structure and use. -
The Second Digital Repositories Programme Meeting
Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey report on a 2-day JISC Digital Repositories Meeting focusing on project clusters working together and other related issues held by JISC in Warwick, UK over 27-28 March 2006. -
How the Use of Standards Is Transforming Australian Digital Libraries
Debbie Campbell explains how the exploitation of recent standards has allowed the National Library of Australia to digitise its collections and host federated search services and provide an improved service. -
The Tapir: Adding E-Theses Functionality to DSpace
Richard Jones demonstrates how the Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional Repositories (Tapir) has provided E-Theses functionality for DSpace. -
ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers
Monica Duke reports on a two-day training seminar on persistent identifiers held by ERPANET in Cork, Ireland over 17-18 June 2004. -
Mapping the JISC IE Service Landscape
Andy Powell provides a graphical representation of how some well-known services, projects and software applications fit within the JISC Information Environment technical architecture. -
OpenResolver: A Simple OpenURL Resolver
Andy Powell describes UKOLN's OpenResolver, a freely available demonstration OpenURL resolver. -
The JOIN-UP Programme: Seminar on Linking Technologies
Sandy Shaw reports on a seminar bringing together experts in the field of linking technology for JISC's JOIN-UP Programme. -
Metadata: I Am a Name and a Number
Paul Miller on Digital Object Identifiers. -
What Is a URI?
Ian Peacock explains 'URI' in plain English. -
Task Force Meeting
Kelly Russell reports on the US CNI Conference. -
Unique Identifiers in a Digital World
Andy Powell reports on a seminar organised jointly by Book Industry Communication and the UKOLN on the use of unique identifiers in electronic publishing.